thank you to whoever designed the Bella Band! and thank you to Jenni for recommending it! I kept telling myself to just invest and give it a try and last night, i finally broke down and did it. i bought my first Bella Band.
Now for those of you who are asking what in the world it is - i shall explain. A Bella Band is essentially a tube top that goes over the tops of your pants to hide the fact that you cannot zip them all the way or button them up. it saves you money from having to buy all new pants while your belly grows on a weekly basis. quite frankly, our checkbook is having a heck of a time keeping up. it is crazy! just when i think i got something that fits, i grow out of it. SOOOOOOO this band thingy will help me to hold onto some of my pants a little while longer! YEH! and they come in all kinds of colors - with or without lace! i got black lace, of course. so today, i squeezed into an old top and old pants and covered up underneath with my bella! i actually feel pretty! rare days!
The maternity store we went to (mom and I) was super pricey but she was nice enough to buy me some stuff as my "birthday" present and it helped to make me realize that i can look completely fashionable while i am pregnant. i haven't really gone out of my way....i was shooting for comfort. it's a good thing i can get away with cargo pants and t-shirts at work or we would be broke buying dress clothes for me all the time. i love t-shirts, tank tops and drawstring pants. particularly, ted's shorts. comfort! yes! oh, and flip-flops...every day! yeh, i'm not voguing this pregnancy.
thank you bella! i swear that is going to be my gift to the next new mom-to-be i come across.
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Monday, June 25, 2007
growing belly
Yesterday we decided to FINALLY take a new belly shot. I wore the same clothes (i don't think i will be able to for another shot) so you can make the comparison. i am now 14 weeks. the first pic was taken at 5 weeks (see April posting). You can also note how big my chest got! Yeah, no need to comment, I am fully aware of that exponential growth rate! gads! i gave up on bras....i'm moving onto sport tops.
There are some things you plan on and others you never dreamed of when you first find out you are pregnant. I never dreamed my chest would get so enormous. and to think, it isn't even done yet! and like every mom has said to me - wait till they fill with milk. i swear if one more person utters (no pun intended) that to me i will slap them upside the head with one of them. don't thikn it won't reach your cheek mama, it will!
And just in case any of you were wondering how Walden is taking the news of being a big brother...he is anxious and giddy. He told me he cannot WAIT until he can play with the baby! He misses his Auntie Nora and wants her to know there isn't a day that goes by that he doesn't daydream about you while in his crate all day. he dreams of the dog park, of long walks and kisses on his Auntie Nora's nose. :-)
There are some things you plan on and others you never dreamed of when you first find out you are pregnant. I never dreamed my chest would get so enormous. and to think, it isn't even done yet! and like every mom has said to me - wait till they fill with milk. i swear if one more person utters (no pun intended) that to me i will slap them upside the head with one of them. don't thikn it won't reach your cheek mama, it will!
I just bought Jenny McCarthy's "Belly Laughs" and i cannot explain how wonderfully honest her book is. She was actually so astonished by the size of her breasts that she weighed one of them on a kitchen scale. one breast= 5 pounds. Well, Jenny, i think i will be able to share that glory, eh, if it's called that, with you!
Here's a new self portrait of mom & dad. Had my hair cut this weekend. at the rate my hair is growing, i could easily take on two inches by the end of summer. heck, i think maybe more. just since the beginning of May it grew one inch. i had two inches cut off this weekend and it made a world of difference to the weight. love it! they say not to make any drastic decisions while you are pregnant, for fear that the hormones make you think and behave in a dramatic fashion...i have no idea what they are referring to...hahhahahaha, but anyway, i figured i would save any major changes until after birth and returning to normal hormone levels. for now i'll stick to trimming.
Friday, June 22, 2007
lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
Every now and again i start to fantasize about what i want the nursery to look like. I know that the vision i have created probably will not look like the outcome, simply bc i am not that artistically gifted to do so. not to mention that i am the queen of procrastinating, so the ideas i have in my head will not get accomplished due to pure laziness. I would like to think that once we have the house, i will feel inspired to actually complete a project. from vision to completion.
Green. i start off with one of my favorite colors....think of my next favorite thing...dragonflies...and then think of a calming and tranquil place for a baby to nest in. The Woods. I have a thing with nature. i love it! i love dirt, bugs, trees, animals, leaves, water....you name it. i want our baby to rest in the forest. I am thinking of a nature theme - green walls, i saw a green at a maternity store, on their walls and had to ask. Behr paint...Rejuvenation. something like that. paint grass fronds at the bottom of the wall. collect dragonfly stuff and other buggy things (this is where the laziness may come in) to attach to the walls and make sort of a 3D effect...of course not around the crib and not close to the floor. :-) i would love to have a fountain of some kind in there to have the sound of water. i have had fountains in the past and they are a big pain in the rear so i may skip this altogether. so if that doesn't pan out, there are always nature cds. Paint a tree in the corner of the room with a big canopy going onto the ceiling. butterflies. ladybugs. preying mantis. if i can get it all painted myself, i will be so proud!
It doesn't matter what the sex of the baby is...the room will still be the same. there is no gender preference to nature...well, if you had to pick, if would be feminine i guess. Mother Nature. but she has ALL her children....and there are girls and boys.
Green. i start off with one of my favorite colors....think of my next favorite thing...dragonflies...and then think of a calming and tranquil place for a baby to nest in. The Woods. I have a thing with nature. i love it! i love dirt, bugs, trees, animals, leaves, water....you name it. i want our baby to rest in the forest. I am thinking of a nature theme - green walls, i saw a green at a maternity store, on their walls and had to ask. Behr paint...Rejuvenation. something like that. paint grass fronds at the bottom of the wall. collect dragonfly stuff and other buggy things (this is where the laziness may come in) to attach to the walls and make sort of a 3D effect...of course not around the crib and not close to the floor. :-) i would love to have a fountain of some kind in there to have the sound of water. i have had fountains in the past and they are a big pain in the rear so i may skip this altogether. so if that doesn't pan out, there are always nature cds. Paint a tree in the corner of the room with a big canopy going onto the ceiling. butterflies. ladybugs. preying mantis. if i can get it all painted myself, i will be so proud!
It doesn't matter what the sex of the baby is...the room will still be the same. there is no gender preference to nature...well, if you had to pick, if would be feminine i guess. Mother Nature. but she has ALL her children....and there are girls and boys.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
13 weeks
In case any of you were wondering...I am now 13 weeks and this is what the baby may be looking like...
Apparently, he/she is approximately 4 inches long. During the second trimester, the baby undergoes the fastest growing it will do while in the womb. The head is starting to become proportionate to the body and baby can even suck his/her thumb by this point.
When you follow the progress on a weekly basis, you begin to realize why you are constantly tired, hungry and feeling BIG. So much is going on inside of me! it's amazing!!
two hearts beat as one
Ted & I had the wonderful opportunity to hear our little one's heartbeat last week at our second Dr appt with Dr Ghattas. The fast thump thump thump of our little bundle of joy was enough to send chills up and down our spines. LIFE! Altho i have already felt the little bugger move (Dr Ghattas thinks i'm nuts and gassy) it was awfully fascinating to hear the heart beating. not only that, but we also heard a rapping of baby moving around. this little bugger is a mover and a shaker! i could've told her that! the third sound she pointed out was the placenta. swoosh swoosh swoosh. it's all rather fascinating and very eye opening. i have a baby growing inside of me! a product of ted and me....a little human being. you just can't explain the joy until you've been there. Oh, and for those of you curious as to the beats per minute....we were at 160...chocolate milk induced?
On Father's Day we did a whole lot of nothing. I got Ted some sandals he wanted and needed and baby got him a burp cloth that says I love Daddy, a jumper with a Boston Terrier on it for baby and a little one piece that says Tax Deduction. Hopefully, baby will be born this year! What do dads usually do on Father's Day? I think it's just a day where they do whatever it is they want to do. i made breakfast, we hung out, made dinner....and just spent some quality time together. ted doesn't quite feel like a Daddy yet.
i have been buying maternity clothes as my middle keeps getting thicker. Gap, i've found, has some reasonable things and they are trendy and cool. i got some cargo pants this weekend that are camo and i love them! i am finding drawstrings to be the best! My belly is protruding a bit more. it feels big to me, but when i look in the mirror, it appears small and unnoticeable. i keep saying i will post pics...i swear i will soon.
The house SHOULD become ours in the near future. we are hoping for settlement on 6/29 or 7/6. Either way, it's soon! then there will be pics a plenty. ted and I drove over the other day and sat flabbergasted by all the outdoor work that needs to be done just to unveil the house. the forest has taken over now that things are growing....it's horrible. it's like the ground is swallowing the entire thing.
On Father's Day we did a whole lot of nothing. I got Ted some sandals he wanted and needed and baby got him a burp cloth that says I love Daddy, a jumper with a Boston Terrier on it for baby and a little one piece that says Tax Deduction. Hopefully, baby will be born this year! What do dads usually do on Father's Day? I think it's just a day where they do whatever it is they want to do. i made breakfast, we hung out, made dinner....and just spent some quality time together. ted doesn't quite feel like a Daddy yet.
i have been buying maternity clothes as my middle keeps getting thicker. Gap, i've found, has some reasonable things and they are trendy and cool. i got some cargo pants this weekend that are camo and i love them! i am finding drawstrings to be the best! My belly is protruding a bit more. it feels big to me, but when i look in the mirror, it appears small and unnoticeable. i keep saying i will post pics...i swear i will soon.
The house SHOULD become ours in the near future. we are hoping for settlement on 6/29 or 7/6. Either way, it's soon! then there will be pics a plenty. ted and I drove over the other day and sat flabbergasted by all the outdoor work that needs to be done just to unveil the house. the forest has taken over now that things are growing....it's horrible. it's like the ground is swallowing the entire thing.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
trudging along
First I wanted to comment about how i almost lost my mind while i was stuck in traffic this morning. 5 miles - 45 mins later...arriving to work....ripping out my hair...wondering HOW AM I GOING TO SURVIVE THIS COMMUTE ANOTHER 6 mths!??!??!?!? I need something...some way...to relieve my stress of my commute. i think i need a massage. Poor baby, i think....i hope he isn't full of rage when he is born (no, we don't know the sex yet). i truly hope that my stress isn't burdensome to him. that's why i feel i need something else to take my mind off of it. suggestions welcome.
to those of you wondering how am i doing, how i am feeling with the pregnancy, i will report....i am super tired. food is tasting better to me, my belly is growing, although not at the alarming rate my boobs are, and i pray for a day when i have the motivation to keep our apt looking not so messy. Baby still likes salty things although i have ventured into fruit again and am enjoying it a ton. I think i have gained a heightened sense of smell over the past few weeks as i can often times smell things from pretty far away. when i smell something delightful, it is super delicious. some colognes, peaches, fresh rain, and clean laundry. yum! while going through hormone spikes i break out. i have these about every two weeks. i am experiencing one now. i think they bring on headaches as well. i cannot, at this point, put my finger on why i still get these headaches. i have blamed sinuses (which along with a stuffy nose, i can recognize), hormone spikes and lack of rest. i'm not sure where they stem from...all i know is they are frequent. most of the time i feel lousy and i am hoping that this all lifts soon as we near the end of our first trimester! i only take Tylenol when i HAVE to get work done (note, this is not every day, hahahha) or when the head is thumping so much it keeps me from thinking clearly.
last week i had a toothache. i prayed and prayed and Ted did the "go away achy tooth" dance and the pain has gone away...i fear, for now...but will return. I am praying that if it returns it does so AFTER the baby is born so i can then take care of the root canal/crown issue i have been ignoring for over a year now. eek...i know. the thought of any kind of dental work while i am pregnant is frightening...heck, it's frightening even when i'm not pregnant.
I'm pregnant! i remind myself time and time again and it sounds so wonderful when i just come right out and say it! I'm so proud! i'm so excited to hold our baby!
we are closing in on our first trimester and our second Dr appt is tomorrow. i am hoping to get to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time. if they don't do it though, we have our very own doppler, courtesy of Allison...thank you! i will be fishing around for my little baby's heartbeat tomorrow if the Dr doesn't do it. i am curious how much weight i have gained as i feel gigantic and none of my pants much fit anymore. i don't want to obsess over it, but since i didn't have any morning sickness, i think i ate more than some pregnant women during the first tri - ergo - gaining more. we shall see.
i felt the first kick last monday, june 4th and then again on the 5th and 6th. he was quiet all weekend until i prodded him a bunch on Sunday which made him poke me enough to remind me that yes, he is there. i cannot WAIT to be able to feel stronger movement! i know i'm lucky to feel it so early.... but to not feel it consistently becomes a bummer. i often find myself prodding away at my abdomen just to see if i can get him going. ted thinks i should go easy on the prodding, but little one needs a little encouragement to be energetic!
I will blog about our second dr visit soon - in hopes that it is something to write about!
to those of you wondering how am i doing, how i am feeling with the pregnancy, i will report....i am super tired. food is tasting better to me, my belly is growing, although not at the alarming rate my boobs are, and i pray for a day when i have the motivation to keep our apt looking not so messy. Baby still likes salty things although i have ventured into fruit again and am enjoying it a ton. I think i have gained a heightened sense of smell over the past few weeks as i can often times smell things from pretty far away. when i smell something delightful, it is super delicious. some colognes, peaches, fresh rain, and clean laundry. yum! while going through hormone spikes i break out. i have these about every two weeks. i am experiencing one now. i think they bring on headaches as well. i cannot, at this point, put my finger on why i still get these headaches. i have blamed sinuses (which along with a stuffy nose, i can recognize), hormone spikes and lack of rest. i'm not sure where they stem from...all i know is they are frequent. most of the time i feel lousy and i am hoping that this all lifts soon as we near the end of our first trimester! i only take Tylenol when i HAVE to get work done (note, this is not every day, hahahha) or when the head is thumping so much it keeps me from thinking clearly.
last week i had a toothache. i prayed and prayed and Ted did the "go away achy tooth" dance and the pain has gone away...i fear, for now...but will return. I am praying that if it returns it does so AFTER the baby is born so i can then take care of the root canal/crown issue i have been ignoring for over a year now. eek...i know. the thought of any kind of dental work while i am pregnant is frightening...heck, it's frightening even when i'm not pregnant.
I'm pregnant! i remind myself time and time again and it sounds so wonderful when i just come right out and say it! I'm so proud! i'm so excited to hold our baby!
we are closing in on our first trimester and our second Dr appt is tomorrow. i am hoping to get to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time. if they don't do it though, we have our very own doppler, courtesy of Allison...thank you! i will be fishing around for my little baby's heartbeat tomorrow if the Dr doesn't do it. i am curious how much weight i have gained as i feel gigantic and none of my pants much fit anymore. i don't want to obsess over it, but since i didn't have any morning sickness, i think i ate more than some pregnant women during the first tri - ergo - gaining more. we shall see.
i felt the first kick last monday, june 4th and then again on the 5th and 6th. he was quiet all weekend until i prodded him a bunch on Sunday which made him poke me enough to remind me that yes, he is there. i cannot WAIT to be able to feel stronger movement! i know i'm lucky to feel it so early.... but to not feel it consistently becomes a bummer. i often find myself prodding away at my abdomen just to see if i can get him going. ted thinks i should go easy on the prodding, but little one needs a little encouragement to be energetic!
I will blog about our second dr visit soon - in hopes that it is something to write about!
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